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    • Kotkov
      Kotkov last edited by

      I am redirecting whole site to https. Is there a difference between 302 or 301 redirect for seo?

      Site never been indexed.

      Planning to do that with .htaccess command

      RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
      RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

      There are plenty of ways http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ssl-example-usage-in-htaccess.html

      Which way would be the best?

      Thanks is advance

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      • Kotkov
        Kotkov @Virrtuo last edited by

        Thanks,

        Yes the site from the beginning will be https. We do have a good server, site speed according to google speed tool is 93.

        Sha, added  [R=301,L] and now it's 301.

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        • Virrtuo
          Virrtuo last edited by

          HTTPS based sites normally add a little stress to the server for handling requests, make sure you are hosted on a good performance web host for users & search engines to access content fast. If you're making HTTPS as the default version and if bots take time to crawl your website, it might after your crawl rate (and possibly ranking)

          Just like how we see WWW and non-WWW, HTTP and HTTPS are looked as two different sites by search engines, I'd highly suggest you to go with 301 (permanent) re-direct from the start to save link juice. Keep your SSL certifications valid. If you don't intend to do 301 from start, check your logs often to see if you get any links to HTTP version (as most often people try to link here) and request webmasters to update the link to HTTPS if you want to see your HTTPS version ranking in SERPs.

          My personal suggestion is to stick with one and doing 301 before you launch the site live.

          Cheers

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          • ShaMenz
            ShaMenz @wojkwasi last edited by

            oops,

            Thanks for the pickup 🙂

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            • wojkwasi
              wojkwasi @ShaMenz last edited by

              Hi Sha - I think you meant Serge not Woj 😉

              But yes, good pick up - I omitted that detail in my hasty reply

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              • ShaMenz
                ShaMenz last edited by

                Hi Serge,

                The reason your redirect is creating a 302 is that it is an unspecified Redirect.

                Any redirect that is unspecified will by default be seen as a 302 (Temporary)

                To create a 301, you need to specify like this

                [R=301,L]
                

                Hope that helps,

                Sha

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                • wojkwasi
                  wojkwasi @Kotkov last edited by

                  301 - try this (in it's simplest form):

                  RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
                  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R,L]
                  
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                  • Kotkov
                    Kotkov @wojkwasi last edited by

                    Thanks, I understand 301 and 302. This command creates 302. I see a lot of website in serp having 302 to https, but also I see a lot with 301. Which is right for Seo when in comes to https?

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                    • wojkwasi
                      wojkwasi last edited by

                      301 = permanent redirection

                      302 = temporary redirection

                      If the change is permanent then 301

                      The htaccess rewrite looks fine 🙂

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